Queen's Army Schoolmistresses

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The Queen's Army Schoolmistresses were female military schoolteachers [1] [2] who assisted the Royal Army Educational Corps and its predecessors in teaching the children of soldiers in British Army garrison schools. [3] [4] They were formed as the Army Schoolmistresses in 1848 [5] and received the "Queen's" prefix in 1928. Some were even taken as POWs by the Japanese. [6] They were disbanded in 1970.

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References

  1. Gibson, Clare (2012). Army Childhood: British Army Children's Lives and Times. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 38. ISBN   9780747811244.
  2. "Reminiscences of a Queen's Army Schoolmistress". www.richardgilbert.ca. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  3. "Schooling The Army Children Archive (TACA)". www.archhistory.co.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  4. UK, National Archives. "Temporary Queen's Army Schoolmistresses". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  5. Maude, C G (20 Aug 1942). "EDUCATING THE ARMY". The Spectator: 8. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  6. UK, National Archives. "Prisoners of war, Far East: Army Education Corps (AEC) and Queen's Army Schoolmistresses; nominal roll". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2017.